Born to the Virginian farmer Martin Palmer, Revolutionary war soldier, and his wife Millie Reed, Martin Parmer was a powerfully colorful person; one of the heroes of Texas history, he is one of the sig...

Stephen Jefferson STANLEY Sr. Born in 1784 in South Carolina. Stephen Jefferson died in Tx. in 1835, he was 51. Buried in 1835 in Stanley Cemetery. Was on the census for Tombigbee area of Mississippi T...

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Hunt was born on August 7, 1806 , in Vance County, North Carolina, the son of Col. William Hunt and the grandson of Memucan Hunt.[1][2] He was a planter and businessman moving to Madison County, Mi...

THOMAS RODERICK TOWNSEND
Thomas Roderick Townsend was the second child of Thomas and Mary Elizabeth (Stapleton) Townsend. He was born 7 February 1797 in Marlboro County, South Carolina. On 17 April 1...

John Baker (b. 16 Jun 1817), believed to be a son of Moses Baker, purchased 3 outer Gonzales town lots in Nov and Dec of 1834 near those of his father Moses and brother Isaac. John Baker married Elizab...

Daniel and Elizabeth Davidson Davis and a child arrived in the DeWitt Colony 5 Mar 1831 according to land records. It is believed that Daniel and Elizabeth both were born in Tyrrell County, North Carol...

James Hamilton, served as a major in the War of 1812 and was elected Governor of South Carolina in 1830. He became known as "the Great Nullifier" He later moved to Texas where he fought in its war with...

Isaac Parker, son of Elder John Parker and Sarah "Sallie" White, was born in the northeast corner of Georgia, probably in Elbert or Franklin County, on Apr. 7, 1793. With his family, he moved to Dickso...

Dr. Richard Rodgers Peebles was the son of John and Margaret Peebles. He received a medical degree from Ohio Medical College in Cincinnati, arrived in Texas in 1835, and settled in Washington-on-the-Br...

James Drayton and his brother Thomas left Charleston, South Carolina and moved to Texas by 1860. When news of secession reached Texas, Thomas wrote his brother John in Charleston explaining that he and...

Thomas Drayton and his brother James left Charleston, South Carolina and moved to Texas by 1860. When news of secession reached Texas, Thomas wrote his brother John in Charleston explaining that he and...

Stephen Townsend, left Florida with his brother Thomas Townsend and cousin William Stapleton, but Stephen and his wife had to stop in Louisiana for the birth of their child. After the birth Stephen and...

John Austin Wharton, Secretary of War of the Republic of Texas
(1806 - 1838)

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John Austin Wharton (April 1806 - December 17, 1838) was distinguished as a statesman, lawyer and a soldier. He served as Adjutant General at the Battle of San Jacinto. In a eulogy at his grave, Re...

Married a daughter of Zachariah and Rosanna Chinault Davis. He was the "boy from Gonzales" described in the 13 men and boy volunteers under Capt. George B. Erath who intercepted a group of about a hund...

Prospect McCoy was thirteen when the family arrived in Texas. During the Texas Revolution, with other members of his family, he contributed to the cause of freedom serving with captain Albert Martin's ...

Joseph joined his father and 5 other McCoys in the DeWitt colony with wife and 5 children January 19, 1829, although by census he was in the colony in 1828. Their last 2 children were born in Texas. Jo...

Jesse McCoy, 32, born 1804 in Gyrosburg, Tennessee, a resident of Gonzales and Private rifleman in the Gonzales Rangers. He was son of John and Martha Dunbar McCoy who were among the first settlers of ...

Rosanna was born June 15, 1805. She was the daughter of Isaac and Margaret Chinault and a descendant of Estienne Cheneau, a French Hugeunot who arrived in America in March, 1701 with his wife. Descenda...

Written by daughter Johnnie Elizabeth McKinney:
In 1854, at Sweet Home, Lavaca County, Elizabeth Jane Davis married John McKinney, a man of sterling and fearless character. He came from Mississippi t...

September 12, 1854, the date of George Washington's marriage to his second wife Elizabeth Ann McCullough, a widow and mother of two sons: William McCullough who married Ann Elizabeth, the only daughter...

On 27 May 1840 George Washington Davis married Mary Caroline Pease, a young widow who was the mother of four children. Early research stated that her maiden name was thought to be "Kelly" and that "she...

This son of Alexander Crockett and Elizabeth Crockett (Watkins) is NOT the famous Davy Crockett.
The birth & death information currently associated with this profile is for that other (famous) Davy C...